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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 387 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo 

Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2015 

Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 

benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Development 

5 Through Tribal Land Exchange Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

8 apply: 


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1 (1) BANNING.—The term ‘‘Banning’’ means the 

2 City of Banning, which is located in Riverside Coun3 ty, California adjacent to the Morongo Indian Res4 ervation. 

5 (2) FIELDS.—The term ‘‘Fields’’ means Lloyd 

6 L. Fields, the owner of record of Parcel A. 

7 (3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en8 titled ‘Morongo Indian Reservation, County of River9 side, State of California Land Exchange Map’, and 

10 dated May 22, 2014, which is on file in the Bureau 

11 of Land Management State Office in Sacramento, 

12 California. 

13 (4) PARCEL A.—The term ‘‘Parcel A’’ means 

14 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

15 map as ‘‘Fields lands’’. 

16 (5) PARCEL B.—The term ‘‘Parcel B’’ means 

17 the approximately 41.15 acres designated on the 

18 map as ‘‘Morongo lands’’. 

19 (6) PARCEL C.—The term ‘‘Parcel C’’ means 

20 the approximately 1.21 acres designated on the map 

21 as ‘‘Banning land’’. 

22 (7) PARCEL D.—The term ‘‘Parcel D’’ means 

23 the approximately 1.76 acres designated on the map 

24 as ‘‘Easement to Banning’’. 


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1 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (9) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

4 Morongo Band of Mission Indians, a federally recog5 nized Indian tribe. 

6 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LANDS; TRUST LANDS, EASEMENT. 

7 (a) TRANSFER OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B AND

8 EASEMENT OVER PARCEL D.—Subject to any valid exist9 ing rights of any third parties and to legal review and ap10 proval of the form and content of any and all instruments 

11 of conveyance and policies of title insurance, upon receipt 

12 by the Secretary of confirmation that Fields has duly exe13 cuted and deposited with a mutually acceptable and jointly 

14 instructed escrow holder in California a deed conveying 

15 clear and unencumbered title to Parcel A to the United 

16 States in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the 

17 Tribe, and upon receipt by Fields of confirmation that the 

18 Secretary has duly executed and deposited into escrow 

19 with the same mutually acceptable and jointly instructed 

20 escrow holder a patent conveying clear and unencumbered 

21 title in fee simple to Parcel B to Fields and has duly exe22 cuted and deposited into escrow with the same mutually 

23 acceptable and jointly instructed escrow holder an ease24 ment to the City for a public right-of-way over Parcel D, 


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1 the Secretary shall instruct the escrow holder to simulta2 neously cause— 

3 (1) the patent to Parcel B to be recorded and 

4 issued to Fields; 

5 (2) the easement over Parcel D to be recorded 

6 and issued to the City; and 

7 (3) the deed to Parcel A to be delivered to the 

8 Secretary, who shall immediately cause said deed to 

9 be recorded and held in trust for the Tribe. 

10 (b) TRANSFER OF PARCEL C.—After the simulta11 neous transfer of parcels A, B, and D under subsection 

12 (a), upon receipt by the Secretary of confirmation that the 

13 City has vacated its interest in Parcel C pursuant to all 

14 applicable State and local laws, the Secretary shall imme15 diately cause Parcel C to be held in trust for the Tribe 

16 subject to— 

17 (1) any valid existing rights of any third par18 ties; and 

19 (2) legal review and approval of the form and 

20 content of any and all instruments of conveyance. 

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